Westmount city hall held ransom
Westmount city hall is being held ransom by what’s called “un gang de cyberpirates” here – a shady outfit called Lockbit. They’re threatening to release a lot of the town’s private documents, although this item does not say how much ransom they’re asking for.
Ephraim 11:46 on 2022-11-21 Permalink
The trouble with this type of cyber pirating is that even if they do pay, there are no guarantees that they won’t release the data, nor or even in the future. I do wonder what kind of documents a city could have that would be so damn secretive anyway. And of course, if you do pay the ransom, what’s to keep them from ransoming you again and again and again
Kate 11:58 on 2022-11-21 Permalink
It does make you wonder what the top secret documents in a very rich little enclave would cover, doesn’t it.
Mark Côté 12:25 on 2022-11-21 Permalink
I read up on some of these groups a little while ago. Many are surprisingly “trustworthy” because they want new targets to pay, and if it got out that paying never helped, no one would.
jeather 14:41 on 2022-11-21 Permalink
As a rule if you pay you are safe because then other people will continue to pay out.
Joey 16:40 on 2022-11-21 Permalink
As Bob Dylan said, to live outside the law you must be honest.